Henry VIII and His Six Wives

2016
Ended
Documentary · Drama
~45m / ep
1 season
8.8/10

Henry VIII is the most infamous monarch in English history. Famously he married six times over his 36 year reign. The six queens were formidable individuals. Some were ambitious, some brave, some ruthless - and between them they shaped the man who began as a Renaissance prince, became a monster and ended a regretful old man. In turn they shaped England itself. Presented jointly Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones, this is 4-Part series is an original and enlightening look at the real people at the centre of the action during one of the most turbulent, passionate and violent periods in English history.

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E1. Katherine of Aragon
Apr 15, 2016 · 45m
Dan and Suzannah recount the fateful unions Henry had with his first two wives, Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
E2. Anne Boleyn
Apr 22, 2016 · 45m
Drama documentary series in which historians Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb bring to life the scandal, romance and betrayal that characterised Henry VIII's six marriages. Dan and Suzannah recount how Henry changed history to divorce Katherine of Aragon and marry the woman who had captivated him, Anne Boleyn.
E3. Jane Seymour & Anne of Cleves
Apr 29, 2016 · 45m
E4. Catherine Howard & Catherine Parr
May 6, 2016 · 45m
In 1539, after four failed marriages and only one sickly son and two daughters to succeed him, Henry VIII fell in love with seductive teenager Catherine Howard, first cousin of his second queen, Anne Boleyn. However, Catherine turned out to have a hidden sexual past. In the kindly, mature Catherine Parr he seemed to have found the perfect wife, but as historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones recall when she tried to push Henry into religious reform, she too came within hours of the executioner's block.